An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our charity, dedicated to supporting children and families at Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals. We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic individual who will oversee and ensure excellent delivery of core charity support services and events provided for the benefit of patients aged 0 to 25, and their families. To include the recruitment and management of a volunteer team, regular communication with beneficiaries and working closely with the charity CEO to provide the highest quality, professional outcomes for all projects.

• Based in our dedicated charity office at Royal Brompton Hospital in Chelsea, London. Some work may be carried out at home (due to current Covid-19 situation, to be discussed and agreed upon).

• 37.7 hours across a 7 day working week. 9am until 5.30pm (with some flexibility required for occasional evening work, with notice)
• 12 month contract (with 13 week probationary period)
• Role includes 12 month honorary NHS contract with Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals (part of Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust)

Person Specification

Essential

• Team management experience, working with staff and/or volunteers
• Project management experience, on a medium to large scale
• Excellent organisational skills
• Understanding of the voluntary and community sector in the UK and the issues it faces.
• Personal drive, energy, integrity, adaptability and responsibility
• Excellent IT skills, including competence in Microsoft Office products
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Knowledge of current social media networks including Facebook and Twitter
• Excellent personal and communication skills
• Excellent time keeping
• Excellent references will be required

Desirable

• Event management experience
• Experience of working or volunteering within a children’s/adolescent charity
• Experience of working or volunteering within a hospital
• Understanding of key cardiac and/or respiratory related health conditions

Eligibility

Applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK to apply for this position.

Enhanced DBS check will be completed by the charity for the successful applicant.

About Us

The Brompton Fountain is a registered charity supporting children and young people within Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals. We work very closely with the other hospital teams including the Intensive Care Unit, High Dependency Unit (HDU), children’s ward, the playroom, outpatient departments and hospital school.

Our aim is to help improve the quality of life for young patients and their families in hospital and at home by funding specialist equipment, improving the environment and facilities and providing vital resources that are outside the NHS remit.

As a charity we support the whole family as we understand how having a child with a serious health condition can impact on everyone.

Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals are the largest heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. They are a partnership of two specialist hospitals which are known throughout the world for their expertise, standard of care and research success.

Equal opportunities employer - Registered Charity No 1110339

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received.

For a full job description/more information please contact: Trudy Nickels.

You are providing your personal information to The Brompton Fountain and Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals (part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust) for the purposes of staff administration; administration of membership records (Foundation Trust Membership); crime prevention and prosecution of offenders; National Fraud initiative and occupational health purposes and by applying for this post you hereby consent to the charity and Trust processing of your personal data as outlined above.

We have an opportunity for a Public Affairs Manager to help us with our public affairs work, specifically building and maintaining strong relationships with public affairs stakeholders (e.g. parliaments, governments, wider political networks, and civil society) and related work in furtherance of our public policy objectives.

This role requires a well-organised candidate, able to react to short or urgent deadlines, with excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to research papers and briefings. You’ll be a good team player working with several members of staff within and outside of our Public Affairs team, plus the ability to negotiate with key stakeholders. You’ll need to demonstrate a commitment to the campaigning aims of Humanists UK. Lobbying experience is essential in this role.

Please note this is a 12-month maternity cover role. Additional detail is given in the application pack.

We do not accept CV’s or cover letters and they will not be read. If you have further questions about this role please email Karen Wright, our current Public Affairs Manager.

The closing date for applications is Friday 3 December at 09:00.

Overall purpose of the role.

The Communications Manager is responsible for delivering in-depth, insight driven communications around urban health to engage and influence local, national and international audiences.

Responsibilities

Plan and deliver engaging communications tactics that contribute to the impact of our work, focused on informing and influencing key audiences, initially focusing on our childhood obesity programme.

· Lead the development, delivery and evaluation of a targeted communications plan for our childhood obesity programme. Ensure the plan is audience-led and uses a range of communications approaches and channels to amplify our work

· Plan, write and edit content at pace for both own and external channels.

· Proactively seek and secure opportunities, including (but not limited to) speaking platforms, events and targeted media coverage to raise the national and international profile of Impact on Urban Health.

· Build and nurture key relationships within the organisation, and with external partners.

· Working with colleagues, identify communications opportunities to demonstrate the impact of funded projects.

· Project manage communications projects from start to end, ensuring high quality and timely outputs.

· Provide other colleagues with sound advice and support to ensure outstanding communications outputs.

Skills, attributes and abilities

· Able to translate complex ideas into engaging and persuasive communications.

· Has an audience-first mindset, with a passion for creating innovative and engaging communications that engage, inform and influence.

· Brings a strong news sense and ability to identify the stories that are worth telling from a varied and rich pool of opportunities.

· Able to react quickly to external opportunities.

· Thrives working with multiple projects and deadlines

· Brings energy and pace to the work, and a strong can-do attitude

· Able to assess performance of communications, draw valuable insights and apply learning.

Experience

Essential:

· Project management – managing multiple deadlines and projects.

· Strong copy writing and editing.

· Experience in a busy communications environment

· B2B communications and stakeholder communications

· Delivering audience-focused campaigns.

Desirable:

· Experience in a managerial role in communications

· Experience of communicating to influence

Grants Programmes Manager

Harpur Trust

Up to £40,000 (depending on experience)

Full Time

Permanent

Bedford

Charity People is thrilled to be supporting The Harpur Trust to find a Grants Programmes Manager. The Harpur Trust is a charity that support people to improve their lives by: providing and promoting education, offering help and relief to those in need, sick, in hardship or distress. They also provide recreational facilities with a social welfare purpose for the people of Bedford. Due to the organisation's ongoing strategic development, they are seeking an experienced Grants Programmes Manager to join their dynamic team.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are seeking a self-starter, with excellent grants and project management skills to ensure that the Trust's grant making programmes run efficiently and broader community activities are supported effectively.

Key responsibilities:

• Responsible for ensuring appropriate advice and support is provided to individuals and organisations seeking funding
• Accountable for managing a caseload of grant applications from organisations and individuals; carrying out due diligence, visiting projects and liaising with internal Comms team to work on project and research promotion and dissemination
• Research and Contribute to the development of new and existing grants programmes in line with the Trust's developing strategy.
• Manage the Community Programmes Assistant
• Ensuring grantmaking systems and processes are accurate, up to date, and GDPR compliant.
• Contribute to ongoing improvement of processes and systems as well as the development of impact measurement.
• Assist the Community Programmes Director to ensure accurate and timely preparation of agendas, papers and reports for grants related meetings
• Contract management for relevant partnership grant schemes
• Support the Community Programmes Director and the Communications Manager with projects involving the Harpur Trust schools and partners in the state education sector
• Assist the Communications Manager with community events and represent The Trust at external events as required, including networking to promote the Harpur Trust

Ideally, we are seeking an individual with substantial experience of grant making, including grant making processes and who has strong numerical skills with an ability to analyse and interpret financial statements. You will have strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, as well as well as effective research and analytical skills. You will also have experience with grants database and working on multiple simultaneous projects and workstreams. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills & team working skills with the ability to build productive appropriate relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. Having the ability to comprehend complex situations quickly and to present information clearly and concisely to meet the needs of a range of different internal and external audiences is essential. Knowledge of charity law is desirable.

Closing Date: Friday 19^th November at 9am

First stage interviews will be held on w/c 22nd November.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

VIY Senior Project Manager 

Job specification

About Volunteer It Yourself (VIY)

VIY combines volunteering and DIY by challenging young people aged 14-24 to learn trade and building skills, on the job, by helping to refurbish and transform youth and community facilities in need of essential improvements (e.g. youth clubs, community centres, sports clubs, and arts, music and cultural venues).

The majority of young people who take part and benefit are disengaged or excluded from mainstream education and training, at risk of disengagement, and/or unemployed.

VIY participants are mentored by professional tradespeople and gain vocational skills accreditations as well as access to further training, work placement and apprenticeship opportunities with local providers and employers beyond the project.

VIY launched in 2011 and, to date, over 600 youth and community buildings across England and Wales have been repaired/refurbished, involving 12,000  young people and 1,100 trade skills mentors, with 4,500 young people gaining a City & Guilds accreditation.

VIY is scaling rapidly, reaching and benefitting even more young people and communities with the support of our partners, including Travis Perkins, GLA, Sport England, Postcode Lottery, Youth Futures Foundation, multiple local authorities, and other grant funders and commissioners. As such, we are now looking for driven and ambitious Senior Project Managers to join the team at this exciting stage.

Job purpose

VIY has been funded through the Community Renewal Fund to deliver multiple local community projects in partnership with three local authorities.  The Fund is designed to help pilot programmes and new approaches in local communities to invest in people and boost skills.  Between now and July 2022, VIY will be helping over 1000 young people at risk of marginalisation, by supporting them to learn and apply vocational construction skills whilst breathing life back into buildings at the heart of communities in Nottingham/ Nottinghamshire and Norfolk.

To deliver this exciting programme, VIY is looking to recruit Project Managers to manage multiple projects between January 2022 and July 2022. 

We are looking for people with a minimum of three years’ experience in project management, who are excited about shaping an extraordinary offer for young people to help regenerate their communities and shape their futures. The right candidate will be an organised and passionate person with a proactive, hands-on attitude and the ability to cultivate relationships, motivate and influence people, spot opportunities and solve problems.

VIY is fast moving and challenging and this role will require energy, determination and flexibility.

The role

Accountable to: VIY Programme Director

Location: VIY is looking for Senior Project Managers who are based in Nottinghamshire and Norfolk, or who are willing to regularly travel to/across the county.

Duties

The Senior Project Manager (SPM) will be responsible for on the ground project delivery of a number of sites.  In addition, the SPM will manage a team of Project Managers, providing operational support and  acting as the point of contact for the escalation of any issues.

Project Management

• Lead on the set-up and delivery of individual VIY projects on-the-ground, including the engagement of clubs, the management of trade skills mentors, project logistics and the overall building and youth outcomes of the project

• Liaise with relevant VIY partners, such as Local Authorities and National Governing Bodies to help identify potential projects

• Work with the Youth Engagement team to ensure appropriate identification, support and progressions of young people onto the projects and beyond

• Scope project works with support from VIY’s Lead Mentor team, Project Management team and Construction Manager and develop appropriate budgets

• Engage with key partners such as Travis Perkins, Dulux and Toolstation to source materials and tools for the project

• Work with VIY’s Lead Mentor team, Project Management team and health and safety support to ensure a high standard of safety is maintained across these projects

• Track and report on delivery-focused outcomes/milestones (e.g. no. of projects, no. of young people and trade skills mentors taking part, no. of accreditations and progressions achieved)

• Day-to-day communication with Lead Mentors 

• Support implementation of monitoring and evaluation plans, including the use of our Salesforce CRM

• Liaise with Communications Manager to identify positive comms opportunities relating to young people/ volunteers/ mentors

• Regularly travel to project sites as part of the process of scoping and managing the project throughout its duration

Leadership/ line-management

• Manage and provide operational support to Project Managers

• Maintain close communication with Project Managers to ensure clear understanding of the progress and status of every project

• Work closely with the Programme Director, to ensure the portfolio of projects are collectively on track to deliver the Programmes KPIs

• Manage the escalation of any issues e.g health and safety, budget, resources, materials etc

• Oversee and manage the project budgets

• Support with the identification of potential projects

Full job description is attached to this advert.

The Alumni and Development Office (ADO) at St Catharine’s is expanding - we are now looking to appoint a talent fundraiser to the newly created position of Fundraising Manager. Come and join this great College and help up complete the Campaign – Our College Our Future.

We would love to hear from individuals who are talented fundraisers with an exemplary track record in managing regular giving programmes and telephone fundraising campaigns, ideally within a Higher Education context, to work on building and developing relationships to secure philanthropic gifts in support of our College priorities.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading College alumni and development office to work on the “Our College, Our Future” Campaign which aims to raise £65 million to fund student support, College life and a major programme of building and renovation. Building on the momentum and success of the Campaign, the post holder will play a key role in ensuring that St Catharine's continues to attract philanthropic funding.

Working with the new Head of Fundraising, the Fundraising Manager will be responsible for:

• securing mid-level gifts (£5 – 50K) through the face-to-face solicitation of College alumni and friends;
• raising funds through management of the regular giving programme; and
• working with the Development Manager to steward donors the post holder will identify, cultivate and personally solicit, potential benefactors for major gifts, building relationships with known and new prospects.

Further details including the Candidate Information Pack and application arrangements can be found on our website. 

Prospectus are excited to be working exclusively with Haven House Children's Hospice to help them recruit for a new Trusts and Grants Manager to join their growing team. Haven House Children's Hospice looks after children and young people aged from birth to 19 years old who have life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. The facility is set in a large estate with bright gardens on the borders of Essex and North East London, near Woodford Tube Station on the Central Line, and has been recently renovated giving it a modern, open and positive feel. The income generation team is stationed in a new purpose-built office that is separate to the hospice building itself but set in the estate grounds.

This role will report into the Director of Income Generation & Marketing and is offered on permanent full-time basis paying £35,863 to £40,844. They are asking people to come into the office two days a week at the moment but this is flexible for the right candidate.

The post holder will be responsible for managing and developing relationships with donors and funders from charitable trusts, foundations, and grant-making bodies to develop and grow our trusts fundraising programme. This role focuses on applications to a variety of trusts to secure core and project funding for the work of the hospice. The post holder will also work closely with the wider team including the major gifts team to identify new prospects.

They are looking for a fundraiser with a demonstrable understanding of the range of funding opportunities within grants, trusts and foundations. The ideal candidate will understand how to apply for statutory income (eg local authority and NHS grants) opportunities.

We are reviewing applications on a continuous basis so please do apply now and we'll be in touch!

As a specialist Recruitment Practice we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role.

The Office Coordinator will work to provide administrative support and office coordination for the work of the resettlement team in Hertfordshire. The resettlement team works with refugees who have come to the UK as part of the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme (VPRS), the UK resettlement scheme (UKRS) and the recent Afghan Relocation and Assistance Programme (ARAP). The team supports them intensively for their first 12 months in the UK after their arrival and following this at a reduced level of service for up to 5 years.

The post-holder will be responsible for undertaking a wide range of administrative and facility management, coordinating financial processes, and general office coordination duties. These include maintaining a paper and digital filing system of client records,  processing expenses, invoices and train tickets, ensuring correct financial processes are in place and adequate to meet our funders requirements, liaising between the London Finance team and resettlement team, answering telephone queries and providing general administrative support for the resettlement team. The post holder will also be responsible for coordinating interpreters and their payments and helping with coordinating conferences, events and team training, monitoring petty cash and raising invoices.

This role also includes liaising with various stakeholders and partnership agencies as well as other Refugee Council teams (Business, Finance and Human Resources).

Occasional travel to other resettlement teams based in other parts of the UK may be necessary.

Closing date: 9 December 2021

The role of the EDI Officer will be to mobilise and drive the EDI strategy, to deliver awareness raising and embedding of EDI principles in the Trust, to provide support and challenge to senior leadership and to develop a longer term (three to five year) EDI programme that will be integrated into our next Strategic Plan from 2022.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about EDI and who will celebrate diversity and encourage equality and inclusivity amongst all of our workforce whilst also embedding inclusion in all of our processes and policies. You will be visible across the Trust and will be seen as the ‘go-to’ person for EDI insight and advice.

You will need a solid understanding of all aspects of EDI. You will also have the skills and expertise to lead the implementation of the next phase of our strategy across the organisation.

You will need to be comfortable working in a rapidly changing area of work and be an excellent communicator and team player who has attention to detail.

We’ll look to you to challenge existing practices and to design and implement new and improved ways of working.

With a relevant qualification in EDI, HR or another related discipline, you will have substantial experience of developing and implementing new EDI approaches and initiatives, preferably within a voluntary sector environment. This should be backed by expert knowledge of EDI practices and excellent project management skills. Creative and with a forward-thinking approach, you’ll also have excellent communication skills and the ability to persuade and influence at all levels.

Deadline: Midnight on Tuesday 30th November 2021
Interviews: week beginning 6th December 2021

We want our people to be as diverse as nature so we particularly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented within our sector, including people from minority ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities.  We are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities.

Charity Website Manager

Do you want to lead one of the UK's most loved charity's website strategy, content, products and design?

As the Charity Website Manager and product owner you'll play a key role in the direction and development of our website and digital content and products . You'll be responsible for identifying and implementing opportunities and industry leading digital solutions to support the charity's fundraising strategy.

This is a senior management position reporting to the Head of Digital Engagement and is a part of the organisation's Brand Marketing department. Responsibilities include the management of 2-3 Digital Marketing Executives, key stakeholders across the organisation and interfacing with the Digital Development team to manage and optimise the platform.

You will be a creative, dynamic and entrepreneurial self-starter with proven digital product owner and team management experience.

The ideal candidate will also have the following skills and experience:

- Website content development
- Utilising Content Management Systems
- Customer experience optimisation
- Digital platforms and solutions
- Search Engine Optimisation
- Google Analytics expertise

About the Charity

Every day brings new challenges at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Every day, around 600 seriously ill children from across the UK arrive for life-changing treatments. Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle the most complex illnesses. And every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children – and change the world. This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable support to give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential. Without donations, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity can’t help fund ground-breaking research, advanced equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding and refurbishment of wards and medical facilities. Our staff help to raise these vital funds for the hospital. A better future for seriously ill
children starts with you.

Recently awarded with a ‘Best Companies 2-star accreditation' and placed number 17 on the 2019 Sunday Times Best 100 Not-for-Profit Companies list - we offer a range of attractive benefits including; a flexible approach to working, 30 days holiday, life assurance, enhanced employer pension contributions, and a discounted season ticket loan.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We recognise that people from some backgrounds are under-represented in our workforce and across the wider Charity sector. In April 2021 we launched our ambitious three-year EDI strategy committing to becoming a more inclusive workforce, reflecting the diverse communities that we work with and for and demonstrating this through all our areas of work.

A more diverse workforce will enable us to deliver even more impact and we particularly encourage applications from communities which are under-represented in the charity. This includes people from Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority backgrounds, people with a disability, people who are LGBT+ or who are from less advantaged socioeconomic groups.

Further information on our EDI strategy can be found on our website.

Our approach to hybrid working

This role is based in our Central London office (WC1N, opposite Russell Square underground) with the option to work remotely up to three days a week.

Please refer to the full job description below for more information.

How to Apply

Please click on the apply button in the top right-hand corner where you will be taken to a short application form to complete. You are encouraged to include a cover letter with your application, and should refer to the 'GOSH Charity Information Pack' on the Careers page of our website before you apply.

Closing date: 29th November.

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This Trading Operations Manager role will be an integral member of the Retail Management team, and will mainly be responsible for identifying and implementing efficient processes within our Retail Estate (with a focus on the warehouse) and identifying avenues for donation acquisition. This will be a rewarding role which will enable you to work collaboratively with all areas of the organisation.

You will be required to;

• Support the trading strategy as well as developing & implementing new plans across the entire trading business
• Support the teams to develop operational processes to ensure maximum value is gained from donated goods
• People management of the warehouse & donation centre, motivating and empowering the team to do their very best
• Delivering excellent customer service throughout the supply chain and donation centre
• Working collaboratively with other departments and stakeholders to maximise stock donations and the donor journey experience within Isabel Hospice
• Using data and analytics to drive operational decision making to support the trading strategy

Essential experience required;

• Experience of working in the Retail business, ideally within the Charity Sector
• Proven experience of Warehouse management and/or Retail management
• Effective communication skills and the ability to adapt to different situations
• Positive and dynamic approach to problem solving

Prospectus are excited to be working exclusively with Haven House Children's Hospice to help them recruit for a new Community Events Fundraising Manager to join their growing team. Haven House Children's Hospice looks after children and young people aged from birth to 19 years old who have life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. The facility is set in a large estate with bright gardens on the borders of Essex and North East London, near Woodford Tube Station on the Central Line, and has been recently renovated giving it a modern, open and positive feel. The income generation team is stationed in a new purpose-built office that is separate to the hospice building itself but set in the estate grounds.

Reporting to the Head of Community Engagement this role is offered on Maternity Cover (1-year fixed post) contract paying £29,754 - £33,886 per annum. They are asking people to come into the office two days a week at the moment with attendance needed a wide range of community and sporting events.

The post holder will grow their community events portfolio, and focus on delivering growth through the community events and challenge events programme. The post holder will collaborate with internal teams and forge vital relationships with external stakeholders to create opportunities and partnerships looking at new ways of working to drive growth across the portfolio. Setting, managing and reporting of budgets are all key elements of this role.

They are looking for a fundraiser with a proven successful track record of planning and delivering community and sporting events to achieve a good return on investment. The ideal candidate will have grown an events programme and increased participation in sporting events for a charity.

We are reviewing applications on a continuous basis so please do apply now and we'll be in touch!

As a specialist Recruitment Practice we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role.

The King's Fund is an independent charitable organisation working to improve health and care in England. Their vision is that the best possible health and care is available to all.

They are now looking for an IT Operations Manager, to be responsible for the organisation’s IT infrastructure, applications, and services to meet their user requirements.  You will lead and continuously develop IT resources in accordance with the organisation’s needs, strategy and values, ensuring compliance with IT strategy, cyber security standards and prevailing legislation.

Main responsibilities

• Designs, develops and delivers a robust, efficient and professional operational IT service to stakeholders, to the agreed service levels, within the context of the IT strategy and in response to changing business needs.
• Manages the Senior IT Support & Infrastructure Analyst and the IT Infrastructure Analyst.
• Oversees the provision of the service desk and its effective operation.
• Manages the security of the Fund’s network and IT resources, maintaining the existing Cyber Essentials Plus accreditation.
• Manages resources to ensure adequate cover for both day to day workload and project delivery.
• Manages the infrastructure and services elements of the IT project pipeline and monitors on-going progress against plan to ensure delivery on time and within budget.
• Manages the provision, configuration, and deployment of hardware resources.
• Ensures the maintenance of documentation of systems, maps, procedures, user and technical information.
• Develops, communicates, and implements processes, policies and procedures to promote best practice in the use of IT services.
• Provides cover for the Head of IT in their absence.

About You-Knowledge and experience

• Experience of managing and developing people
• Experience of working in a similar role, managing networks, network security and infrastructure
• Experience securing cloud technologies (Microsoft 365 and Azure)
• Experience of working as a part of a wider, multidisciplinary team in the delivery of projects and using a project management framework
• Experience of working in a service desk environment
• Experience of providing a high-quality service and client satisfaction 

The King’s Fund  expects everyone who works there  to be committed to their values and to share their  commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation. 

The King’s Fund is a stimulating, innovative and friendly place to work. They actively support the development of their people and are committed to being a learning organisation. Salaries are competitively pitched for the charity sector, with starting salaries  dependent upon experience, allowing room for progression, further enhanced by an occupational pension scheme and generous holiday entitlements.

As a health charity, health and wellbeing is important – they provide free flu jabs and well-person screening, on-site gym facilities, a confidential counselling service and a range of policies which support flexible working.

The location in the heart of London’s West End is another perk – just minutes away from Oxford Circus tube station with easy access to shops, parks, theatres and restaurants.

Do you have experience of identifying and building strategic partnerships within research? Would you like the opportunity to build a world-leading partnerships portfolio at a large funder of research in children’s health? If so, then we have the perfect opportunity for you.

The Partnerships & Development Lead will be responsible for identifying and working with new partners (industry, government and charity) to lead on the development of new opportunities and initiatives, in the discovery and preclinical space. Strategic partnerships are a key area of focus for the charity moving forward, and the postholder will be responsible for identifying, supporting and, where necessary, co-ordinating national and international collaboration on relevant strategic priorities.

About the Team

This exciting role sits within the Impact and Charitable Programmes Department. The team is responsible for ensuring charitable funding supports high quality projects, for monitoring and evaluating funded projects, and providing support to fundraising teams with information on the projects the charity funds.

About You

You will be a creative, collaborative, and entrepreneurial self-starter with proven experience of developing and getting projects off the ground, from concept / ideas to delivery and evaluation. You will also be able to lead and deliver on large projects, with appropriate support, and work closely with important senior external and internal stakeholders.

Specifically, you will have:

An advanced research degree (PhD) in a relevant scientific discipline or equivalent work experience
Experience in leading the planning and delivery of projects within research management, for example, at a grant funder, academic institution, or clinical / commercial environment
Ability to demonstrate experience of strategic partnership development and management within a research organisation
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to establish good working relationships

About the Charity

Every day brings new challenges at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Every day, over 600 seriously ill children from across the UK arrive for life-changing treatments. Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle the most complex illnesses. And every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children – and change the world. This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable support to give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential. Without donations, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity can’t help fund ground-breaking research, advanced equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding and refurbishment of wards and medical facilities. Our staff help to raise these vital funds for the hospital. A better future for seriously ill
children starts with you.

Recently awarded with a ‘Best Companies 2-star accreditation' and placed number 17 on the 2019 Sunday Times Best 100 Not-for-Profit Companies list - we offer a range of attractive benefits including; a flexible approach to working, 30 days holiday, life assurance, enhanced employer pension contributions, and a discounted season ticket loan.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We recognise that people from some backgrounds are under-represented in our workforce and across the wider Charity sector. In April 2021 we launched our ambitious three-year EDI strategy committing to becoming a more inclusive workforce, reflecting the diverse communities that we work with and for and demonstrating this through all our areas of work.

A more diverse workforce will enable us to deliver even more impact and we particularly encourage applications from communities which are under-represented in the charity. This includes people from Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority backgrounds, people with a disability, people who are LGBT+ or who are from less advantaged socioeconomic groups.

Further information on our EDI strategy can be found on our website.

Our approach to hybrid working

This role is based in our Central London office (WC1N, opposite Russell Square underground) with the option to work remotely up to three days a week.

Please refer to the full job description below for more information.

How to Apply

Please click on the apply button in the top right-hand corner where you will be taken to a short application form to complete. You are encouraged to include a cover letter with your application, and should refer to the 'GOSH Charity Information Pack' on the Careers page of our website before you apply.

Closing date: 5th January.

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